Table 3.
Relationship between HSB and subject and disorder characteristics
| Variable (N) | Bivariate analysis
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Logistic regression
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sought medical care | Chi-square (P-value) | POR | 95% CI | |
| Caretakers’ age (years) | ||||
| ≥28 (121) | 55 (45.45) | 2.35 (0.477) | ||
| >28 (91) | 49 (53.85) | |||
| Caretakers’ educational level | ||||
| Secondary or higher (49) | 33 (67.35) | 11.79 (0.003) | 5.85 | 2.34–14.61 |
| Primary school (105) | 56 (53.33) | |||
| No education (58) | 20 (34.48) | |||
| Address level | ||||
| Level one (144) | 79 (54.86) | 2.13 (0.317) | ||
| Level two and three (68) | 30 (44.12) | |||
| Child age | ||||
| <12 months (114) | 58 (50.88) | 0.03 (0.490) | ||
| 12–59 months (98) | 51 (52.04) | |||
| Child sex | ||||
| Male (107) | 58 (54.21) | 0.67 (0.412) | ||
| Female (105) | 51 (48.57) | |||
| Sibling number | ||||
| ≤2 (136) | 69 (50.74) | 0.07 (0.791) | ||
| >2 (76) | 40 (52.63) | |||
| Birth order | ||||
| The first or second (112) | 62 (55.36) | 1.48 (0.224) | ||
| After second (100) | 47 (47.00) | |||
| Fever | ||||
| Yes (163) | 89 (54.60) | 2.87 (0.090) | ||
| No (49) | 20 (40.82) | |||
| Cough | ||||
| Yes (76) | 46 (60.53) | 3.94 (0.047) | 1.57 | 0.82–2.99 |
| No (136) | 63 (46.32) | |||
| DOB | ||||
| Yes (29) | 22 (75.86) | 8.04 (0.005) | 2.93 | 1.10–7.80 |
| No (183) | 87 (47.54) | |||
| Diarrhea | ||||
| Yes (62) | 32 (51.61) | 0.00 (0.970) | ||
| No (150) | 77 (51.33) | |||
| Perception of illness | ||||
| Severe (122) | 82 (67.21) | 28.71 (0.000) | 5.39 | 2.81–10.33 |
| Not severe (90) | 27 (30.00) | |||
Note: The values in bold are statistically significant P-values and confidence intervals.
Abbreviations: HSB, health seeking behavior; POR, prevalence odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; DOB, difficulty of breathing.